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Tell Me About Yourself: Talk Your Skills Up in an Interview

Tell Me About Yourself: Talk Your Skills Up in an Interview

Most interviews are in a behavioral format, meaning the interviewer not only wants you to share that you have a particular skill, they want to hear about how you used that skill in past jobs. Practicing your skill story ahead of time will allow you to share it strategically, building it seamlessly into The Story of YOU.

Changing Course, Moving Up, Starting Out, Telling Your StoryAllison ChestonJune 20, 2018Career Change, job hunt, Job Search, Behavioral Interviewing, Career, Career Planning, Career Relaunch, Career PreparationComment

Going Back to Work: The Thrill

A friend of mine just went back to work after having spent many years doing lots of other things: raising multiple children, consulting, contributing as a board member to her pet causes. She is a person of great energies and interests and always felt that when the time was right, she’d return to full-time work. Her main concern was that she had so many responsibilities outside of work that ultimately she would be derailed. Or go crazy.

Changing Course, Moving Up, Telling Your StoryAllison ChestonSeptember 28, 2008Back to Work, Networking, new job, part-time work, Work-Life, Career RelaunchComment

Nexxt Phase

Yesterday I attended a lunch given by a group called Nexxt Phase: a networking community of women looking to get back into the workforce after a hiatus. The group represents an elite Manhattan community of accomplished, polished, well-off women — all of whom have decided it’s time to do something in addition to raising kids and doing volunteer work.

Starting Out, Moving Up, Changing CourseAllison ChestonOctober 12, 2007Back on the Career Track, Back to Work, Networking, Nexxt Phase, Career RelaunchComment